Anna Van Helsing together with a handful of the bounty hunters/vampire hunters The Road Dogs were engaged in a heavy firefight with a huge vampire armed with an M 134 mini-gun in the library. They all managed to take down the fierce henchman, bit by bit, but with the expense of Pedro Diaz, Al Middleton, Jeff Rivers and Jose Chavez They proceed to continue their search for vampire elder Benito Valdez, but the real danger is yet to come.
Chapter 12
Man, that was some real shit! Thank God I'm alive though. I together with Bill Conner, Ed Norris, Pedro Diaz, Paulina Velez, Al Middleton, Antonio Rivera, Jeff Rivers and Jose Chavez were engaged with a 7ft 2inch, 520 pound henchman armed with an M 134 mini-gun in the library where we were supposed to be leaving. We all threw everything we got at that motherfucker, but our bullets couldn't bring his big ass down. That prick was finally put out of his misery when Velez put a bullet in his big ass skull. Unfortunately we lost Diaz, Middleton, Chavez and Rivers in the process. After the whole fiasco we were finally able to move on in hot pursuit of Benito Valdez. We all left behind one fucked up library. The bookshelves have fallen upon each other, there were several bullet holes in the walls and the floors were littered with ripped books, pages, shell casings, human blood and the charred remains of armed vampires.
We all came to a door that was located at the corner of the library and went through it finding ourselves looking down a hall. Not this shit again. Fuck! We ran down the hall with Conner leading on, reaching a corner. As we turned into this corner we saw two vampires, one armed with an H&K MP5K and the other armed with a UZI running into our direction. They aimed their weapons at us ready to fire but we were able to take them down without them firing a single shot. We continued running when I heard a cackling in Conner's headset. "Yeah, got it," said Conner. "Miguel, Brent and Alfonso are right this way." We turned into a corner and saw three guys straight down the hall. It appeared that they were engaged in a firefight. We crept slowly behind the men who were armed with H&K MP5K and H&K UMP submachine guns and kneeled into position. One of the men, a Latino armed with an H&K MP5K submachine gun, turned his head around and saw us. He then alerted the other Latino who was shooting into the other corner in Spanish. The man who was shooting into the other corner turned around and said "Bill? Man, you got here at a perfect time?"
"What the fuck's going on, Miguel?" said Conner.
"Valdez's trying to make a getaway," said Miguel.
"What? Shit!" Conner got up and started firing away in the direction where Miguel was shooting. Incoming fire started to rain down on our position and another one of the men, a Caucasian with brown hair and blue eyes, grabbed unto Conner's clothes and pulled him back making Conner fall backwards. "Oh, by the way, these guys are Miguel Gutierrez, Brent Huxley and Alfonso Herrera," Rivera told me. "They're Pin 4."
"Fall back! Incoming!" yelled Miguel. They all started to rise above me and run while I was still on the floor. Rivera took a firm grip on my shoulder and pulled me away from the corner. There was suddenly a huge explosion behind us which threw us five feet down the hall. We were then covered with dust and debris and huge chunks of concrete started to fall all over the place. We started to get up only to face a cloud of grey smoke. It was so thick we would find it hard to breath. "We got a fucking M203 on our asses!" said Miguel hacking and coughing.
"C'mon, let's go," said Conner brushing away smoke. We all ran into the corner where the enemy rounds came from. Trailing white smoke could still be seen floating in the hall. We went into the hall where we saw four vampires running and turning into another corner. One of them, a young woman armed with an M203 grenade launcher fitted unto an M4 Carbine assault rifle, suddenly stopped and took out a 40 mm round and placed it into the grenade launcher. She then cocked it, aimed at us and fired away. We all ran as the round flew right behind us. The round missed us clearly and exploded at the left side of the wall making us fall unto the floor and sending dust, debris and concrete flying into the air. After the explosion we got up and began brushing aside smoke to engage this vampire chick. To our surprise the woman was already gone. We turned into the next corner and discovered a flight of steep stairs. In single column we ran down these and as we reached the bottom bullets flew into our direction. I was way behind so all I could see was Miguel and Conner trading fire with an unseen force. Conner and Miguel stopped firing and ordered us to move. I soon discovered that we were in a basement and at the corner there was a door wide open that led to the outside. We all moved through the door with Miguel leading on. As we stepped outside Miguel was suddenly hit by two bullets. The bullets came from the same woman armed with the M4 Carbine assault rifle combined with the M203 grenade launcher. As Miguel was being struck with bullet after bullet he raised his H&K UMP submachine in one hand, pointed it at the woman and squeezed the trigger. Seven bullets struck the woman and she turned into a burning pile of ash and dust. Miguel, in turn, dropped dead on the ground. I suddenly saw a man armed with a twelve gauge shotgun hiding behind the wall fire away at us and struck Conner in his left leg. Conner fell to the ground screaming in pain. We fired away at the man who then pulled away his head escaping our bullets. "You guys go after him. I got this one (Conner)," said Brent Huxley. Norris was our new lead, lucky me.
We all proceeded to move to the corner where that shotgun blast came from, but as we started to turn into the other side an incoming round suddenly hit the wall and a piece of debris struck Norris in the head. "Are you alright?" I said running to assist him. Norris removed his hand from his forehead and I saw a deep gash and it was bleeding out of control. "Yeah, I'm okay," he said. I looked up and saw a gapping hole in the wall. I then peered into the other side and saw a henchman fire an incoming round into our position. I pulled back my head and the henchman's round made a huge hole in the wall. I turned back at the crew and said "We'd better watch our asses. We got a guy locked and loaded with a M82." The M82A1 rifle is a type used for sniping and carries 50 caliber armor piercing rounds. When it's fired it sounds like a small canon. I pointed my weapon into the corner and fired a blast while at the same time not exposing myself. I jumped out of the way and landed on the ground allowing about three rounds to hit the wall. After about ten seconds we heard running footsteps and we all got up to discover the henchman armed with the M82 rifle was gone. We all ran to the other side of the house and found three men: one armed with a Glock 18C machine pistol and the other armed with a twelve gauged shotgun. The one trailing behind them was the one armed the M82A1 rifle. I fired away giving him two shots in the back which made him disintegrate into ash and dust. The two guys in front of him suddenly swung around and started firing at us. We took up position behind an intercepting corner of the house. As bullets chipped away at the wall I heard Rivera make a call in his headset. "Get your asses out here, man!" he said "Careful. Valdez is locked and loaded!" Wait a minute, we're engaging Benito Valdez? Which one? They both look young. The gunfire then ceased and I peered into the corner and saw the two guys running away. We started to follow them and we saw one of them stop and fire away at the other direction with his Glock 18C pistol. He then took five shots and fell down to ground into a pile of ash and dust. The other one, dressed in black and armed with a twelve gauged shotgun, fired one shot and ran at high speed and jumped in a single bound over the fence. I ran after him going through the opened gate running down the road with him way in front of me.
I'm beginning to run out of gas as I'm trying to catch up with this guy who was the clear winner. I then saw him turn right into an alley and as I reach into the alley I saw him beginning to jump at the top of apartment building. I jumped on top of a dumpster and held unto him making us both fall to the ground. At close up I'd say he was a very handsome, unshaven young man with yellow eyes. He was also taller than me. He kicked me off which sent me flying down the alley. I got up to engage him but I suddenly stopped. He was pointing his shotgun in my chest. Shit, I forgot he had that thing. I looked at the barrel of the shotgun then I looked into his eyes. He smirked as he cocked it and pulled the trigger. CLICK! He looked stunned. He cocked it again. CLICK! He cocked it again. CLICK! He was out of bullets. I in turn smiled and pointed my gun at him and pulled the trigger. CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! I couldn't believe it. I too was out of bullets. The vampire lounged at me landing right on top of me. He then turned on his back and propelled me with his legs sending slamming into a wall. From there we engaged in unarmed combat. He started kicking me into my sides in which I blocked all of them. I swung my fist into his cheeks which had no effect. He grabbed unto my clothes, pulled back his fist and aimed for my face. I ducked as his fist slammed into the wall making a gapping hole. I grabbed unto his shirt with my left hand and started punching him in his stomach with my right fist. While I was punching him I began pushing him to the other wall. I nailed him to the wall and started punching him in his torso with both of my fist. All of my blows were in vain. While I was punching him he held my right arm under his armpit and punched me in my face three times and kicked me in my chest making me back away two inches from him. I held my chest in pain and started to spit blood. I charged towards him and kicked him his chest and started throwing a combination of kicks and punches. In some cases the blows were hitting him and having no effect; in other cases he was blocking my blows. He started to give me his combination of kicks and punches. I was able to block a few but I took a full brunt of the others. I backed away wobbling feeling intense pain. I suddenly dropped down. All of that pain was just too much for me to bear. I got up slowly getting myself back into fighting position. "Give up, bitch," the vampire said in Spanish. "You can't win." I charged him again, this time with a scream. I threw another combo of kicks and punches. I then grabbed him under my right armpit in attempt to break his neck. It was then I felt victorious. Suddenly I felt him starting to bite my tricep muscle. I screamed in pain as I felt him pulling on my flesh with his teeth. He released me and I felt him tear of piece of my flesh. I was still screaming as I held onto my arm bleeding profoundly from a sticky, slimy hole I felt in my tricep muscle. I turned around and saw a piece of flesh and cloth between the vampire's teeth. He spat it out and licked the blood around his lips. He then smiled showing two fangs. He bit a chunk from my tricep! I know you didn't just bite off my arm, motherfucker! I charged him in rage throwing another set of kicks and punches. He in turn kicked me in the stomach throwing me to the ground. He then jumped into the air and came down with his right knee bent aimed for my face. I rolled away before he landed his blow and his knee made a hole in the concrete ground. I sprung back to my feet and started throwing another combo at him. He in turn gave me his combo and kicked me in the chest which sent me sliding across the alley. I then saw him fly into the air coming down at me. At that moment I just remembered something. As he landed over me I had my H&K USP pistol pointed under his chin. We looked at each other eyeball to eyeball and he gave a look of shock. I then pulled the trigger and fired a shot under his chin. He suddenly disintegrated into ash and dust which fell all over me. I got up screaming in pain as I started to dust it off quickly. Sometimes I'd forget that I had that fucking gun. I then felt a pain in my right tricep. It reminded me that I just got bitten there. I then heard the sound of screeching tires at the left of me. The door of one of vans slid open to reveal Ed Norris who came out with a patch on his forehead and escorted me into the van and we all drove off. "You alright?" said Norris.
"The sound of a bitch bit me!" I said. "Other than that I'm okay."
"Hey, you just took down Benito Valdez." said Rivera who was among the other occupants of the van.
"I did?" I said totally stunned.
"Yeah. He was the target of our raid." Norris said. The other occupants started to give me a round of applause. I couldn't believe it. That prick was this Benito Valdez guy they were talking about? The same guy I was fighting with? I expected somebody older, some old shriveled up guy, you know?
As we continued driving I heard the painful moans of a man behind me. "C'mon, stay with us. Stay with us. You're gonna make it," I heard an all too familiar voice said. I turned around to see Bill Conner holding the hand of a man I met before: Dale Harris, the same Dale Harris who I met while trying to find Bill Conner. As I moved closer to him I discovered that he was shot and that his life was hanging on a thread. "Dale, are you alright?" I said.
"Annie, is that you?"
"Yeah."
"I heard you kicked Valdez's ass. You're one hell of a vampire hunter. Good job. Bill?"
"I'm here, Dale," said Conner.
"Do me a favor, will ya? My wife and little girl still think I'm a bounty hunter. They don't know what I really do. Don't tell them anything about this."
"Whatever you say partner," said Conner tearfully.
"I want you to tell them that I love them very much and that I did a good job. Promise me that."
"I promise…I promise."
With those words Dale Harris's eyes rolled back in his head he loosened his firm grip on Conner's hand. Dale Harris was gone. Conner then closed Dale's eyes and started to cry. There was total silence in the vain which was a clear sign of loss. I started to feel it too because I just met Harris a few hours ago only to have him die on me. He seemed like a nice guy. I didn't get a chance to know him very well so the burden was heavy for me. I soon discovered that Harris was the one killed by the same vampire that was armed with Glock 18C machine pistol. That vampire turned out to be Benito Valdez's brother, Angel. We all arrived back where we were able to recover both physically and mentally. Before we arrived all the bodies of our fallen comrades were picked up. The list includes those who I was familiar with:
Al Middleton, 30
Pedro Diaz, 27
Darryl Montgomery, 21
Jose Chavez, 32
Jeff Rivers, 24
Dale Harris, 40
Miguel Gutierrez, 34
There were two who I wasn't familiar with. They were:
Ronnie Mondale, 18
Ben Kerry, 28
All the dead were given their last rites by Ricardo Gonzales who was deacon at a church and who took part in the raid that night. The dead were buried in private ceremonies. Bill Conner was shot in the leg by a gunshot blast which nearly shattered his thigh bone and Ed Norris was grazed by shrapnel. I too got hit by shrapnel but I also got a huge bite from our target Benito Valdez. Don't worry; I didn't turn into a vampire. That only happens when the vampire sucks you dry of your blood. I did get some stitches for it though. While The Road Dogs and I were recovering from our injuries and our losses I came to Bill Conner and asked him "So, are you ready to talk about the Bride of Dracula?" Conner sighed. "Well, you came this far. It would be a sin for me not to talk about it. You almost got your head blown off as a result. Okay, I'll talk to you about the Bride of Dracula."
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